Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-04-27
GOVERNOR AND coUNo,Y.
esrihRs ON Pardon Cases-o..
Before Them. atters

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9, lewis Allen and Temple Jr. Perry -
Aoram Perry of Ridge Plantation
anu Martin Bracket of Sherman uh.
sentenced to two years in State Prison NJ.
''n 1866 for burglary and larceny t.u;..
=, INTO the store of Dennis Mu,,en 10
'"'' ',iSn the 18th of May, 1886, and stolen !.
quantity OF Jewelry and other ar,;c,o.
nearing Was given to the same parties H. a.,
VI last February and the pet;,;ono., :,
:. 70 Withdraw. Yesterday, B.. T. Sm;,h
'a'' u bangor appeared for the petition.
ers ana Hon. Lewis Barker, State IT,.
pardon was asked on the ground tho, H.
'erraid' the principal witness for tho 49,:
cu'ion at the trial had perjured himself .na
confession from him to that effect wa. mo-
scented by the counsel. No dec;s;o, ,..
reached. was
A pardon has been granted jaime, A
NN'eS Oh portland, who has served about for,
years OF five years sentence in State p,;oo.
for forgery. '''"
John +. Lawrence, the Bangor mn,ao
10 s'''i after pardon and the hearing which
90 ~ nave occurred yesterday has been
PoS'pon+d until the next meeting of the
Board. TIC
One OF the warmest contests for lono ,;,,o
'e''fe the Governor and Council will be that
OF today on the confirmation of Mr. cb..
b. Rounds as judge of the municin.l cour,
OF Calais. In Calais there is a sbarn Aobt
over the matter, which is now to he tran..
Ierred to the Council cham er. "It was q
hgnt which begun twenty years ago." said
friend of MIR. Rounds last evening. sand hid,
Iair to last ten more" It arrives chiefly he.
cause Mr. Rounds opposed Mr. Geo. A. Cur
ran as candidate for the position of col.
hector. Both parties have already been heard
oy the Governor. Mayor McKusick Of
Calals, Hon. l. G. Downs, Hon. f C. Good
now Representative j. S. Clark. George A.
Curran and L. c. Bailey arrived Yesterday
In behalf of the remonstrants. As counsel
they Will be represented by Hon. George G..
Wing of Auburn. Mr. Rounds arrived Last
evening ana was accompanied by MIR. VIM.
ID. Young, Deputy Collector Samuel Rideout.
Archibald McNichol, Esq, and ex- Mayor P.
M. burlington. Their counsel TODAY will be
Hon. Orville d. Baker. The leading charge
against Judge Rounds is that as county attor.
ney he took bride of $1,000 as recompense
for inducing the grand jury to indict Herbert
w. Eaton for manslaughter instead of muir
der. Now Mr.. Il .unds will present affidavits
from Herbert w. Eaton, his brothers Brad.
ley l.. and Charles H. Eaton to show that he
never received a CENT from them az bride
or did they endeavor 10 iotluence him in apy
way. Furthermore Mr.. McNchol, who was
Herbert's counsel in the trial, will testify to
the same effect and it would not strange if he
presented his books to disprove some
of the charges. ''Instead," says Mr.. Rounds,
Il can prove by the grand jury themselves
that made every eff ut to have the indlct-
ment made murder and ven had him indicted
for assault with intent to kill, the jury being
very reluctant, so the extradlton papers
could be made out" Another charge is that
MIR. Rounds took money illegally in the case
of State vs.. Taylor, receiving money for
settlement. Mr.. Rounds will present affida-
wills, showing that he took just his legal fees
and no more. If any was received it was by
other parties outside. witness made
statement OF facts before the Governor.
Other charges are that the judge held court
in his own office which was not designated
by the city; that he has not made his month
ly report as required by law and omitted en-
tries on his docket. These he says he can
successfully repute. During the seven years
that he was county attorney, he did not loose
but two cases before jury and no indct-
ment was ever questioned. During the four
years which he was Judge there were 1900
cases before him and only one appeal taken.
He says he has twice the number of supper
tiers in Calais which his opponents have, has
80 letters of Endorsement from different parts
of Washington county, petitions from six of
the neighboring towns, and two petitions
from G. A. r posts, one at Machias and the
other at Pembroke. The grand jury now in
session at Calais has forwarded a communi-
cation to the Council requesting Mr.. Rounds
confirmation.